Redbird fans flock to downtown for 最新杏吧原创 Cardinals 2026 season opener
最新杏吧原创 Cardinals fans poured out to support the Redbirds ahead of their 2026 opening day game against the Tampa Bay Rays on聽Thursday, March 26, 2026.
Cardinals fan Henry Wilson, 8, of Warrenton gets pumped up during the opening day pregame pep rally from atop his brother Michael鈥檚 shoulders on Thursday, March 25, 2026, at Ballpark Village. For more, please see our coverage in Sports.
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最新杏吧原创 Cardinals fan Jaclyn Harris鈥 wears her red converse sneakers to match her tattoo she got in honor of her father she described as a die-hard Cardinals fan to the pre-game opening day pep rally on Thursday, March 25, 2026, at Ballpark Village.
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最新杏吧原创 Cardinals fan Hudson Loftus does a flip into the swimming pool聽on the eighth floor of One Cardinal Way, while fans enjoy a skyhigh view of the 最新杏吧原创 Cardinals opening day ceremonies in Busch Stadium on Thursday, March 25, 2026.
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最新杏吧原创 Cardinals fans watch opening day ceremonies in Busch Stadium from One Cardinal Way on Thursday, March 26, 2026, before the team takes on the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Resident Kevin Thatcher cools off in the swimming pool on the eighth floor of One Cardinal Way, overlooking Busch Stadium, as the grounds crew preps for the 最新杏吧原创 Cardinals opening day game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday, March 25, 2026.
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最新杏吧原创 Cardinals fan put theirs hands in the their air during a pre-game opening day pep rally on Thursday, March 25, 2026, at Ballpark Village.
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最新杏吧原创 Cardinals fan Stacey Cooley of north 最新杏吧原创 County, uses a portable fan to stay cool during the Redbirds 2026 opening day pregame pep rally on Thursday, March 25, 2026, at Ballpark Village.
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最新杏吧原创 Cardinals fan Darrieyon Hardin cheers alongside his mother Rita Hardin during a pre-game opening day pep rally on Thursday, March 25, 2026, at Ballpark Village.
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鈥淚 am dressed as an epic Cardinal fan,鈥 said Russ Andert of Ballwin, who sports a red track suit with a giant chain and hat during an opening day pep rally on Thursday, March 25, 2026, at Ballpark Village.
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最新杏吧原创 Cardinals fan Henry Wilson, 8, of Warrenton, enjoys the opening day pregame pep rally from atop his brother Michael鈥檚 shoulders on Thursday, March 25, 2026, at Ballpark Village.
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最新杏吧原创 Cardinals fan put theirs hands in the their air during a pre-game opening day pep rally on Thursday, March 25, 2026, at Ballpark Village.
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Free article:聽Since the nanosecond Wetherholt was drafted No. 7 overall in 2024, many Cardinals fans wondered just when he would debut at Busch Stadium. Well, he's here.
Free article: With Lars Nootbaar on the IL, the Cardinals deployed Church as their left fielder for opening day. He is one of the options who will get looks there.
Free article: In the end, things worked out for both the current Cardinals left-handed starter and their former left-handed starter.
The National Weather Service forecast a high of close to 92 degrees in 最新杏吧原创 for Thursday. The normal high is 61.
Free article: In his second at-bat, Wetherholt broke a scoreless tie by jumping on an 0-2 fastball and sending it to dead center field and the famous Freese's lawn.

